plaster cast

American  

noun

1. any piece of sculpture reproduced in plaster of Paris.

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plaster cast British  

noun

1. surgery a cast made of plaster of Paris See cast

2. a copy or mould of a sculpture or other object cast in plaster of Paris

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Etymology

Origin of plaster cast

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

In 1993, to raise awareness about breast cancer, she made plaster casts of hundreds of women’s torsos and placed them in a cemetery-like installation on a lawn.

From Los Angeles Times

Luckily, three years before, the company had taken a plaster cast of the trophy in order to make a miniature for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

From BBC

He matched bullets to guns; he used plaster casts to identify footprints.

From Literature

He even ran a mile a day in a plaster cast for six weeks after an operation on his foot.

From BBC

A bad injury, and then photographs of him dancing in a nightclub with a plaster cast, saw the media turn on him.

From BBC